Atomic Tunes : The Cold War in American and British Popular Music.
Smolko, Tim.; Smolko, Joanna.
2021
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Title Atomic Tunes : The Cold War in American and British Popular Music.
Author Smolko, Tim.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780253056177
9780253024466
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021.
Copyright ©2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (367 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.4216409045
Summary Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, analyzing the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles.
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cold War History in Music and Lyrics
1. Folk: From Paul Robeson to Bob Dylan
2. Folk: Women's Voices
3. Country: The Conservative Stance
4. Novelty and Comedy Songs: The Cold War as a Big Joke
5. Early Rock and Other Styles: Rocking the Bomb
6. Mainstream Rock: Bowie, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, and Springsteen
7. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal: The Electric Guitar as the Bomb
8. Punk Rock: Three Chords and the Apocalypse
9. Electronic and New Wave: The Cold War in a Synthesizer
10. Wind of Change: The Fall of the Wall and the End of the Cold War
Conclusion
Bibliography, Discography, Videography
Index
About the Author.

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